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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Headhunters (1983-85)

Matt Griffin - bassDave Flanagan - drumsPaul Chandler - guitarNelson de Sae Silva - guitar/vocalsI never saw the Headhunters but they are the first local band I ever remember hearing on KRVM. "Anorexia" was something of a local hit I suppose. I don't think any of the recordings below were ever released but as always, feel free to correct me.From the Panic on 13th Yahoo group (Joe Lewis?):"Started as a punkabilly trio composed of Coos Bay transplants, opened for Los Falcons added Nelson and went poppy. Played The Vatican, beer gardens, Max's etc. Recorded "Anorexia"; and others (played on KRVM-good review in The Rocket in '84) Went to Austin in summer '85 -played Liberty Lunch and opened for The Hickoids and Wild Seeds."From Robert Shepard who was kind enough to supply the recordings here:"A member of drummer Flanagan's family owned a really nicerecording studioin the woods upriver a few miles from Coos Bay, on the west fork of the Millicoma, called Tioga Recording Studio. This was recorded and mixed there."

3 comments:

I have been searching the internet for around 16 years for 'Anorexia'. I AM ECSTATIC!! About 12 years ago, I found my friend, the dj that played it on KRVM, and asked him the name of the band. Since then, I would get on a kick a few times a year and search. Of course, other bands came up, but never them. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you for the kind words, responses like this are exactly why I started this thing. My own search for a copy of Anorexia took from 1985-1998 when my friend Adam who played in a band with the Chandlers for a brief bit lent me a VHS with some of the Chandler brothers old stuff recorded on it. Was obsessed with that song from the moment I heard it on KRVM, I don't think it was ever officially released anywhere. The Headhunters were the first local band I heard on KRVM.